Fiesta Variegated Indian Hawthorn
Description
An elegant, slow growing variety that produces clusters of white flowers in spring; bright reddish-copper new foliage matures to a deep blue-green, with butter-cream variegation and pink highlights; excellent groundcover, accent, or foundation shrub
Landscape Attributes
Fiesta Variegated Indian Hawthorn is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a mounded form. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.
Fiesta Variegated Indian Hawthorn is recommended for the following landscape applications;
Planting & Growing
Fiesta Variegated Indian Hawthorn will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 5 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.
This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.